#musical_instrument__musicalinstrument an instrument used to produce music
supertype: #instrument a device that requires skill for proper use
subtype: #barrel_organ__grind_organ__hand_organ__hurdy_gurdy__street_organ a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
subtype: #bass.musical_instrument__bas the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
subtype: #bass_fiddle__bass_viol__bull_fiddle__double_bass__contrabass__string_bass largest and lowest member of the violin family
subtype: #bass_horn__sousaphone__Sousaphone__tuba the lowest brass wind instrument
subtype: #euphonium a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
subtype: #helicon__bombardon a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
subtype: #bombardon__bombard a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
subtype: #calliope__steam_organ__steamorgan a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
subtype: #celesta a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
subtype: #electronic_instrument a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically
subtype: #electric_organ__electronic_organ__Hammond_organ__organ (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
subtype: #synthesizer (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
subtype: #Jew's_harp__jew's_harp__jew'sharp__Jews'_harp__jews'_harp__jews'harp__mouth_bow__mouthbow a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
subtype: #music_box__musicbox__musical_box__musicalbox produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
subtype: #percussion_instrument__percussive_instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
subtype: #bones__bone__castanets__castanet__clappers__finger_cymbals__maraca a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
subtype: #chime__bell__gong a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
subtype: #carillon set of bells hung in a bell tower
subtype: #handbell a bell that is held in the hand
subtype: #cymbal a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
subtype: #high-hat_cymbal__high_hat cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
subtype: #zill one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance
subtype: #membranophone__drum__tympan a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
subtype: #bass_drum__gran_casa a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
subtype: #bongo_drum__bongodrum__bongo a small drum; played with the hands
subtype: #snare_drum__snaredrum__snare__side_drum a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
subtype: #tabor__tabour a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
subtype: #tambour a drum
subtype: #tambourine a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
subtype: #tenor_drum__tenordrum any of various drums with small heads
subtype: #timbrel small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
subtype: #glockenspiel__orchestral_bells a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
subtype: #gong__tam-tam__tamtam a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick
subtype: #kettledrum__kettle__tympanum__tympani__timpani a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
subtype: #marimba__xylophone a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
subtype: #forte-piano__fortepiano__piano__pianoforte a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
subtype: #grand_piano__grandpiano__grand a piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs
subtype: #baby_grand_piano__baby_grand__parlor_grand__parlor_grand_piano__parlour_grand__parlourgrand__parlour_grand_piano__parlourgrandpiano a small grand piano
subtype: #concert_grand__concertgrand__concert_piano__concertpiano a grand piano suitable for concert performances
subtype: #mechanical_piano__Pianola__player_piano a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
subtype: #upright_piano__uprightpiano__upright a piano with a vertical sounding board
subtype: #spinet.upright_piano small and compactly built upright piano
subtype: #steel_drum__steeldrum a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
subtype: #triangle a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
subtype: #vibraphone__vibraharp__vibes__vibe an percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
subtype: #stringed_instrument a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
subtype: #banjo a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
subtype: #bowed_stringed_instrument__string stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
subtype: #bass_fiddle__bass_viol__bull_fiddle__double_bass__contrabass__string_bass largest and lowest member of the violin family
subtype: #cello a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
subtype: #viol any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
subtype: #viola_da_braccio a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
subtype: #viola_da_gamba__bass_viol viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
subtype: #viola_d'amore__violad'amore viol that is the tenor of the viol family
subtype: #viola.bowed_stringed_instrument a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
subtype: #violin__fiddle bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
subtype: #Amati a violin made by a member of the Amati family
subtype: #Guarnerius a violin made by a member of the guarneri family
subtype: #Stradavarius__Strad a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family
subtype: #chordophone a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
subtype: #balalaika a stringed instrument that has triangular body and three strings
subtype: #harp a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
subtype: #aeolian_harp__aeolianharp__aeolian_lyre__aeolianlyre__wind_harp a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
subtype: #lyre a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
subtype: #lute chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
subtype: #mandolin a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
subtype: #mandola an early type of mandolin
subtype: #clavichord an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
subtype: #clavier__Klavier a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
subtype: #harpsichord a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
subtype: #spinet early model harpsichord with only one string per note
subtype: #pair_of_virginals__virginal a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
subtype: #dulcimer.stringed_instrument a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
subtype: #guitar a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
subtype: #acoustic_guitar sound is not amplified by electrical means
subtype: #electric_guitar a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
subtype: #gittern medieval musical instrument resembling a guitar
subtype: #Hawaiian_guitar__steel_guitar__steelguitar guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
subtype: #uke__ukulele (Hawaiian) a small guitar having four strings
subtype: #koto Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding box and silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
subtype: #forte-piano__fortepiano__piano__pianoforte a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
subtype: #psaltery an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
subtype: #samisen Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox
subtype: #sitar a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets
subtype: #zither__cither__zithern a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; played with a plectrum and with fingers
subtype: #dulcimer a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
subtype: #wind_instrument__wind a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
subtype: #bagpipe__pipes__pipe a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes
subtype: #musette__shepherd's_pipe a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
subtype: #brass.wind_instrument__bras a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
subtype: #baritone_horn__baritone the second lowest brass wind instrument
subtype: #bass_horn__sousaphone__Sousaphone__tuba the lowest brass wind instrument
subtype: #bugle a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
subtype: #clarion a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
subtype: #cornet__horn__trumpet a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
subtype: #serpent an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
subtype: #flugelhorn__fluegelhorn a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
subtype: #French_horn__horn a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
subtype: #saxhorn any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
subtype: #trombone a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
subtype: #sackbut a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
subtype: #free-reed_instrument a wind instrument with a free reed
subtype: #piano_accordion__pianoaccordion__accordion__squeeze_box__squeezebox a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
subtype: #American_organ a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
subtype: #concertina.free-reed_instrument free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
subtype: #harmonica__mouth_organ__mouthorgan__harp__mouth_harp__mouthharp a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
subtype: #harmonium__organ__reed_organ a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
subtype: #kazoo a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
subtype: #ocarina__sweet_potato__sweetpotato egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
subtype: #pipe_organ__organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
subtype: #organ_pipe__organpipe__pipe__pipework the flues and stops on a pipe organ
subtype: #flue_pipe__flue__labial_pipe organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
subtype: #organ_stop__organstop a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
subtype: #diapason_stop__diapason either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
subtype: #dulciana the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality
subtype: #flue_stop an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
subtype: #reed_stop an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
subtype: #vox_humana__voxhumana an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human voice
subtype: #sourdine an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
subtype: #vox_angelica__voxangelica__voix_celeste an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect
subtype: #reed_pipe organ pipe with a vibrating reed
subtype: #panpipe__pandean_pipe__pandeanpipe__syrinx a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
subtype: #tabor_pipe__taborpipe__pipe a tubular wind instrument
subtype: #chanter__melody_pipe reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
subtype: #drone_pipe__dronepipe__drone__bourdon a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
subtype: #pitch_pipe__pitchpipe a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
subtype: #post_horn wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
subtype: #woodwind_instrument__woodwind__wood any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
subtype: #beating-reed_instrument__reed a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
subtype: #double-reed_instrument a woodwind that has a double reed
subtype: #bassoon a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
subtype: #contrabassoon__contrafagotto__double_bassoon the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
subtype: #tenoroon a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
subtype: #English_horn__cor_anglais__coranglai a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
subtype: #krummhorn__crumhorn__cromorne a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
subtype: #oboe__hautboy__hautbois a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
subtype: #heckelphone__basset_oboe a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
subtype: #musette_pipe__musettepipe a small simple oboe
subtype: #oboe_da_caccia an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn
subtype: #oboe_d'amore a oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
subtype: #shawm a medieval oboe
subtype: #bombardon__bombard a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
subtype: #free-reed a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
subtype: #single-reed_instrument__single-reed_woodwind a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
subtype: #clarinet a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
subtype: #bass_clarinet a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
subtype: #basset_horn a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
subtype: #B-flat_clarinet__licorice_stick the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
subtype: #pibgorn__hornpipe__stockhorn an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
subtype: #sax__saxophone a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
subtype: #fipple_flute__fipple_pipe__recorder__vertical_flute a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
subtype: #treble_recorder__flageolet__shepherd'spipe a small fipple flute with with four finger holes and two thumb holes
subtype: #pennywhistle__tin_whistle__tinwhistle__whistle an inexpensive fipple flute
subtype: #transverse_flute__flute a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
subtype: #fife a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
subtype: #nose_flute a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
subtype: #piccolo a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
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